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Galashiels Transport Interchange, a combined bus and railway station, shown in August 2015. In 1969, the historic Waverley Line, which connected the Scottish Borders to the national rail network, was closed as part of a wider series of cuts to British Railways. The closure led to a campaign for a return of rail to the region that never diminished.
Upload another image Cornmill Square, Monument To Sir Walter Scott 55°36′54″N 2°48′26″W / 55.614986°N 2.807355°W / 55.614986; -2.807355 (Cornmill Square, Monument To Sir Walter Scott) Category C(S) 31980 Upload Photo Dale Street, Netherdale Mill 55°36′32″N 2°47′07″W / 55.608812°N 2.78537°W / 55.608812; -2.78537 (Dale Street, Netherdale ...
Old Gala house by night. Old Gala House is a museum and conference centre situated in the Old Town area of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.The building was originally built as a tower house in 1457 by the Hoppringill (Pringle) family, who had been granted the lands of Gala by the Earl of Douglas.
Abbotsford is a historic country house in the Scottish Borders, near Galashiels, on the south bank of the River Tweed.Now open to the public, it was built as the residence of historical novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott between 1817 and 1825. [1]
The Scottish Borders are in the eastern part of the Southern Uplands. [9] The region is hilly and largely rural, with the River Tweed flowing west to east through it. The highest hill in the region is Broad Law in the Manor Hills. In the east of the region, the area that borders the River Tweed is flat and is known as 'The Merse'. [10]
The Borders region and its four districts were abolished in 1996, merging to form the present Scottish Borders council area. [6] A new lieutenancy area was created at the same time, called Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale, covering the combined area of the abolished districts of Ettrick and Lauderdale and neighbouring Roxburgh. [7]
These cover most of the Scottish Borders council area (including Galashiels, Lauder, Gordon, Earlston, Kelso, Melrose, Selkirk, Jedburgh, Hawick, Newcastleton, Duns, Coldstream, Cockburnspath and Eyemouth) and the northernmost part of Northumberland (including Berwick-upon-Tweed, Cornhill-on-Tweed and Mindrum), plus a part of south-eastern East ...
Tweedbank is a large village south-east of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. It is part of the county of Roxburghshire. It is an outer suburb of Galashiels, on the other (eastern) side of the River Tweed. The population of Tweedbank at the latest census is 2,101. [2]